Beatrice S. "Bea" Cowan

March 22, 2006

ISLE OF WIGHT — Beatrice S. "Bea" Cowan, 64 of Suffolk, died on March 20, 2006, in Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth. She was a native of Isle of Wight, Virginia and the widow of Earlie D. Cowan Sr. She was a former member of New Hope Baptist Church Pughsville, Suffolk, Va.

She is survived by three daughters, Felicia Cowan and Phyllis Stith both of Chesapeake and Debra C. Moore (Tony) of Advance, N.C.; two sons, Earlie D. Cowan Jr. and Thomas Tyrone Cowan both of Suffolk; mother, Maggie A. Stith of Portsmouth; two sisters, Bernice Boone (Carl) of Portsmouth and Mary Sweat of Stafford, Va.; six grandchildren; aunt, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 11 a.m. in Corprew Funeral Home Chapel, Portsmouth. Rev. Joyce Foster officiating. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake. Viewing at Corprew Funeral Home will begin at noon Thursday.